91.   Banks ended higher, following a string of reports on bailout plans for indebted firms.

92.   But it ended its sit-in protest after its defeat in a by-election Sunday, widely seen as a referendum on the bailout plan.

93.   But the opposition rejected the idea and insisted that the bailout plan be dumped before any talks on the budget start.

94.   But there has been speculation in local media that some political pressure may have worked out in the bailout plan.

95.   Chou said a full bailout plan would be announced Wednesday.

96.   Demonstrators at the bank passed the weekend chanting slogans and clapping their hands to protest a government bailout plan, which must be approved by the parliament.

97.   Domestic concerns also dragged stock prices lower, particularly a deadlock in Parliament over a bailout plan for failed housing loan companies.

98.   Dole said his main concern was to make sure the bailout plan posed little or no risk to Americans.

99.   Earlier Monday, Hashimoto had acknowledged that the public was still angry about the bailout plan.

100.   Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura defended the bailout plan, which is sure to draw fire for using public money.